Back to Then
Back to Then is the first studio album by the American singer Darius Rucker, lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish. The album marks a stylistic departure of the alternative rock sound of Hootie & the Blowfish in favor of an R&B style.
The song "This Is My World" was used in the soundtrack for the film, Shallow Hal.
Track listing
Notes- signifies a co-producer
- signifies a vocal producer
Personnel
Credits adapted from album's liner notes.- Darrell "Delite" Allamby – backing vocals
- Arden Altino – co-producer
- Davis Barnett – viola
- Rob Chiarelli – mixing (recorded music)|mixing]
- Chris Conway – engineer
- Jimmy Cozier – producer, vocal arrangements, and backing vocals
- Mike Davis – trombone
- Vidal Davis – producer, engineer and drums
- Ivan Dupée – producer, engineer, mixing, programming, bass guitar, clavinet, drum programming, Fender Rhodes, organ, synthesizer, and vocal arrangements
- Ethan Farmer – bass guitar
- Edward "DJ Eddie F" Ferrell – producer, arrangements, drum programming, and instrumentation
- Erik Ferrell – assistant engineer
- Brian Garten – engineer
- Serban Ghenea – engineer
- Ask Giz – engineer
- Larry Gold – strings, cello
- Vivian Green – backing vocals
- Carvin Haggins – producer and backing vocals
- Woody Harrelson – backing vocals
- Andre Harris – producer, engineer and keyboards
- Keith Henderson – guitar
- Darren Henson – producer
- Shawn Hibbler – drum fills and hi-hats
- Travis House – producer, engineer and mixing
- Jim Hynes – trumpet
- Gwen Jackson – backing vocals
- Jeeve – producer, engineer and mixing
- Daniel Johnson – backing vocals
- Kipper Jones – backing vocals
- Jeff Kievit – trumpet
- Olga Konopelsky – violin
- Emma Kummrow – violin
- Darren Lighty – producer, arrangements, drum programming, and instrumentation
- David Lopez – engineer
- Lil' Mo – backing vocals
- Joe Mardin – horn arrangements
- Darius "D-Rain" McGuire – backing vocals
- Musiq – backing vocals
- Jazz Nixon – producer
- Richard Patterson – bass fills
- Keith Pelzer – producer, engineer and Fender Rhodes
- Kevin Perry – assistant engineer
- Gus Rickette – drum programming
- Paul Riezer – violin
- Antoinette Roberson – backing vocals
- Eric Roberson – backing vocals
- Jacob Robinson – engineer and mixing
- Darius Rucker – lead vocals, vocal arrangements and backing vocals
- Erik Sayles – acoustic guitar
- Jill Scott – lead vocals and vocal arrangements
- Andy Snitzer – saxophone
- Snoop Dogg – additional vocals
- Greg Tepperman – violin
- Ryan Toby – vocal arrangements and backing vocals
- Terry Tribbett – bass guitar
- Sid Vee – co-producer
- Dave Way – mixing
- Jimmy "June Bug" White – engineer
- Josh Wilbur – engineer
- Byron Williams – organ
- Jay Williams – guitar
- Rick Williams – guitar and bass guitar
- Kenna Zemedkun – backing vocals